Specifications

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BFC36 Balanced Flue Heat-Circulating Fireplace
7412647
Positioning, Safety Strips,
Securing the Fireplace
Slide replace into position.
Lift the replace front slightly and slide the metal safety
strips under front bottom edge about 1Z\x” (38 mm),
allowing the remainder to extend in front of rebox.
Overlap strips at least 1/2” (13 mm) to provide a posi-
tive joint. (Flat safety strips are packed with replace.)
(Fig. 11)
Safety strips are used to ensure that any combustible
materials in front of the replace are protected even
though a non-combustible hearth extension is required.
If replace is to be elevated above the oor, a “Z”
shaped metal safety strip must be fabricated and used
to protect combustible surfaces in front of the replace.
This “Z” shaped safety strip is not provided but must be
fabricated of metal with each horizontal leg at least 1Z\x”
(38mm) wide and equal in length to the metals strips
provided with the replace.
NOTE: Safety strips are not required over non-com-
bustible oors where all supports at the base of the
replace are noncombustible.
Four (4) nailing anges are supplied with the replace
(found on the replace hearth). To level the box and
secure it rmly in place, remove the nailing anges from
the hearth and install at the sides of the replace as
shown in Figure 12.
FPC549a
BFC
Nail flange/standoff
circulating models
8/21/00 djt
Nail Top
Standoffs
Nail Side-
Nailing
Flanges
FPC549a
Fig. 12 Fasten replace in position.
WF557
BR
11/10/97
Metal Safety Strips
(1,2 or 3 pcs.)
“Z” Safety
Strip
(not sup-
plied)
Fire-
place
Plat-
form
Hearth Ext.
Z\x” (13mm)
Min. Overlap
1Z\x”
(38mm)
FP557b
Fig. 11 Safety strip installation.